Bereavement Counselor

About the role

The Bereavement Counselor plays a vital role in delivering our hospice philosophy of comfort, dignity, and compassionate care. This position provides high-quality emotional and clinical support to individuals, families, and groups navigating loss through grief counseling.

Responsibilities

• Deliver grief counseling to individuals, families, and groups.
• Collaborate with the Social Work & Bereavement team under the direction of the Lead Bereavement Counselor and the Director of Social Work & Bereavement Services.

Requirements

• Master's Degree in Social Work (LMSW), Mental Health Counseling or a related field.
• Experience working in a clinical grief counseling setting counseling individuals, families and groups going through loss.
• Refined clinical counseling skills.
• Knowledge and understanding of the grief response.
• Computer literacy and proficiency with electronic communication systems such as Microsoft Teams & Zoom.
• Proficiency in Microsoft suite, specifically Excel, Word & PowerPoint.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, and organization skills.
• Knowledge of and commitment to hospice philosophy.
• Ability to work with autonomy, as well as a team member.

Qualifications

• Not specified.

Skills

• Not specified.

Benefits

• A 403b retirement savings plan!
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Sick time for non-benefit eligible staff.

Pay

• Not specified.

Schedule

• Part-time, scheduled for 12 hours per week, Mondays and Thursdays, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm.